The familiar claim about humans evolving from apes leaves out an important part of the story. Fossils and DNA reveal a much ...

Homo sapiens may be the reigning champion of modern humanity, but when it comes to the European continent, we were far from the first on the scene. Neanderthals had already called Europe home long ...

What took so long for humans to appear on Earth? The Earth is 4.6 billion years old, and life began about 4 billion years ago, yet humans—the only intelligent, technological species we know of in the ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an exciting find hits the headlines, paleoanthropology and its related fields ...

For two decades, scientists have thought that early modern humans (Homo sapiens) descended from a single lineage. But new genetic research suggests that our origins are far more complex. Scientists ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis ...

South Africa has one of the world’s richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...